Books Quotes

Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.

The only two kinds of books that could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels.

A man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.

Keep away from books and from men who get their ideas from books, and your own books will always be fresh.

Books, the children of the brain.